Robert Green Ingersoll Quote – The Soul of Man
“What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
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This 21-Year Old is Cleaning Up Our Oceans
Boyan Slat (born 27 July 1994) is a Dutch inventor, entrepreneur and aerospace engineering student who works on methods of cleaning plastic waste from the oceans. He designed a passive system for concentrating and catching plastic debris driven by ocean currents. This won a prize for Best Technical Design at Delft University of Technology and he has established a […]
Read morePriests attack gays
Tbilisi, Georgia Orthodox priests led a mob of some 20,000 people in an attack on a small gay-rights rally in the Georgian capital last week. On a new crusade Television images showed priests throwing rocks, punching people, and pounding the buses that were trying to evacuate the marchers. Dozens of people were injured. “I am not able to either condemn […]
Read moreGrandma orcas know best
Like many human families, killer whales often rely on the wisdom of matriarchs to help them endure hardships and thrive, new research has found. Male orcas usually live for about 50 years, but females often survive well into their 90s, making them one of the few mammalsthat live for decades after they stop reproducing. Marine scientists studied the behavior […]
Read moreRalph Waldo Emerson Quote – Independence of Solitude
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read moreEmile Chartier Quote – The Only One You Have
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.” – Emile Chartier
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George Bernard Shaw Quote – Progress Is Impossible Without Change
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
Read moreWhen going ‘green’ makes people sick
When communities like San Francisco and Seattle began banning plastic bags, said Ramesh Ponnuru, it seemed like a public-spirited thing to do. But’ benign-seeming laws often have unintended consequences— and the plastic-bag ban is now producing a sickening result. The reusable shopping bags that people now use to bring groceries home turn out to be breeding grounds for bacteria carried […]
Read moreKen Kesey Quote – Leadership
“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people someplace to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey
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